Trying to port forward a game server on Telus Wifi Hub with no sucsess

EthanH There is a quirk with all Telus residential connections where if you are hosting a server, you can't connect to your public IP from within your own network. You need to be on a separate connection like a VPN, cellular, or a completely separate internet connection, using any device besides the one the server is hosted on.

When I'm testing a server on my network, I'll host it on PC 1. I'll reserve a specific IP for that PC in the router settings. Then I'll take PC 2 and connect to a VPN and see if I can connect to my public IP. As long as the port forwarding worked, it should connect. There are a very small number of ports that are blocked for incoming connections but that shouldn't affect Minecraft or most other things people try to host. I haven't tried Minecraft server myself but others have been successful at getting it running on Telus connections before.